Wordweaver's Journal

(Prompt: Identity) [Context: early in Alina's exploration of gender] "Alina? What's wrong?" "Nothing. I'm fine." "You've been crying. Please tell me what's wrong." "... I just... I... I don't know who I am..." "What do you mean?" "I've been learning about concepts of gender as a spectrum instead of a binary and it was resonating with me. I thought things were starting to make sense about my experience of myself and the world. But then I talked to my friend about it. I thought she would be happy and supportive but as soon as I brought up LGBT+ topics she turned on me. It felt like a switch was flipped. It was like she muted me and just lectured at me without considering me at all. I've never felt that way with her before. She was one of the people I trusted most. I thought she cared about me but apparently I crossed a line by considering gender identities beyond 'man' and '...

(Prompt: Growth) "Happy anniversary, Ali." "Happy anniversary, Liam." "Our years together have been full of so many adventures and so much growth." "Too true. I didn't even know my gender when we first met. In some ways I am a completely different person than I was back then." "I'm pretty different too, though not as much as you I guess. Not that being different is a bad thing. Growth and change are good. Anyone who doesn't grow is holding themselves back." "Yes. My life is certainly better now that I have grown into being who I truly am. Trying to be the cis-gender person I thought I had to be was rough. No more feeling lost and broken. I just get to be me and I love me." "I love you too. I also love that I got to go through so much of your growth journey with you. It was cool, inspiring, and informative to watch you go through the process of finding yourself. It was painful at times, of cours...

Liam And Alina is a story idea that has been floating around in my head for a while now. Alina is gender-fluid, so she switches between genders. Some days she is a woman, Alina, and other days she is a man, Allen. Liam is a cisgender, pansexual man and Alina's husband. I thought it would be interesting to explore the dynamics of that kind of relationship and gender in general through the experiences of someone who lives in both ends of the gender spectrum at different times. I may write a fully drawn out story/novella for them at some point but for right now I am just writing little scenes for them based on one-word prompts. I'll be doing that for at least the rest of this month and I'll be posting what I write in a few batches. Here are the first eight entries. I hope you enjoy and come back to see the rest of the moments between these two characters. (Also, Happy Pride to all my fellow LGBT+ people.) (Prompt: community) "Alina, how do you define 'community...

Not having a physical form in this world makes traveling and blending in easy but it is hard to get anything done like this. I need to find someone to dwell with soon if I ever want to start a guild. I wonder who my dwell-mate will be... Dwell-mates normally have a lot in common, that's why the two souls can dwell together in a single body, but they can also be very different at the same time. I'm not going to be too picky. I'll probably go with the first possible dwell-mate that I come across. It could be fun to join with someone different than me. Or it could be cool to find someone so similar that we almost become one person. I've heard stories of both outcomes and both sound great in their own ways. I can't wait to team up with my dwell-mate to tell stories and start a guild. I should start looking for them right now. I found a compatible dwell-mate! The feeling of possibility and potential was so strong the moment I saw them. I'll follow them and ge...

I’ve moved to a nearby city now. It was sad to leave the forest but I can’t really learn about the people of this world out in the middle of the wilderness. I’ve been spending a lot of time at and around the universities here. The libraries, coffee shops, and outdoor quads are particularly useful for catching up on the latest news and trends. I still have a lot to learn but I think I am making good progress on getting a feel for the world and the people in it. Earth is so big and diverse. It’s more complex than Caelis. The sheer number of divisions and factions can be hard to understand and keep track of even when you focus on only one country. It’s disheartening at times to watch. So much fighting. It makes me miss the peace and companionship of Caelis. Sometimes I wish I could change the way this world is but as an other-worlder it’s not my place to meddle. Trying to enrich the lives of those who come across my path is one thing but changing the world, that’s up to the people o...

The Progenitor came to see me this morning when I was writing in the forest. They gave me this journal and pen, saying that I should use them to record my thoughts and experiences during my next adventure. They didn’t expand on what that adventure will be or when it will be. I am intrigued and excited to find out. Maybe it means I’ll soon be allowed to explore another world. That has been my dream for a while now… Imagine if this book really does become my journal of my adventures in a new world. That would be amazing. The day has arrived! After years of preparation, I am finally able to say goodbye to Caelis and head off to start my next adventure in a new world. I am so excited! Saying goodbye is hard, of course, but it’s only for now. I’ll return to Caelis someday. I do love Caelis so… Its beautiful forests and mountains. The way everything almost seems to dance and sing together. The feeling of connection you get while weaving magic. That’s what I’ll miss the most, at least a...